Morning Glory Overnight Oats

Are you ready for a bowl of morning glory overnight oats that are filled with apples, carrots, coconut and raisins?!

This nearly hands-off breakfast recipe is insanely delicious and loaded with flavors and textures. It’s the perfect meal when you’re on the run and want something more substantial than a coffee shop muffin!

How to make morning glory overnight oats

Featured Ingredients

• Oats: The main ingredient of this dish = old-fashioned rolled oats! They're filled with fiber and other nutrients. What better way to start the day?
• Chia: Don’t forget the chia seeds! Itty bitty chia seeds plump up when they’re in liquid, which makes them a pretty amazing natural thickener!
• Milk: You can use dairy milk like I did, but you can also use plant or nut-based milks! Unsweetened almond, cashew, or coconut milks would be amazing with these oats! And oat milk would be absolutely scrumptious! But definitely make sure the oat milk is unsweetened. It has an intrinsic natural sweetness, so you don’t need any additional sugar. The oat milk checks the “sweet” box, for the overnight oats!
• Apples: Some delicious apples to keep on hand are Honeycrisp, Gala, and Pink Lady. Honeycrisp apples are sweet with a nice crunch that lends them to overnight oatmeal. And Gala and Pink Lady apples have a bit of bright tanginess that pairs incredibly well with this oatmeal.
• Raisins: I love raisins in this oatmeal! I used brown raisins, but swapping out half the brown raisins with golden raisins would be a fun and colorful addition too! You could also use dried cranberries, dried dates, or even dried prunes!
• Walnuts: I love the lightly savory and buttery flavor that walnuts bring to these morning glory chia overnight oats. But almonds would be a great swap-in, and you can’t ever go wrong with pistachios in oatmeal!
• Coconut: Keeping unsweetened coconut on hand is like always having a helping hand in the pantry or cupboard. It’s flavorful, it’s beautiful, and it adds the perfect amount of coconut goodness to desserts, granola, fruit salads, and even savory dishes like chicken and coconut curry!
• Maple syrup: If you don’t have natural maple syrup on hand, feel free to substitute honey as an alternative.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together oats, chia seeds, maple syrup, milk and salt. Stir in half of the carrots, apple, coconut and raisins. Transfer to jars with a lid and refrigerate overnight.
2. Top overnight oats with remaining carrots, apples, coconut, raisins and walnuts and serve with a drizzle of maple syrup.

Storage Instructions

Store overnight oats in airtight containers in the refrigerator up to 3 days.

Add toppings like fresh fruit just before serving. Heartier fruits like the apples, raisins and coconut in these morning glory overnight oats can be added when the overnight oats are mixed together.

How to enjoy overnight oats

One question people ask is, “Should I eat the overnight oats cold, or do I heat them up?” My answer is: Eat them any way you want to!

You can heat them up in the microwave, or you can eat them cold from the jar.

But, my recommendation is, even if you think you would like them better heated – try a bite of them as is. As in, cold. It’s like eating the best cold cereal you’ve ever tasted!

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